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ArticleMolecular therapy. Advances2026

Engineering hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to generate red blood cells as viral traps against HIV-1.

Sofia E Luna, William N Feist, Kaya Ben-Efraim, Alex Pendergast, Freja K Ekman, Britney Hernandez-Naughton, Megan Merritt-Garza, Kathleen Romero, Zak Kostamo, Nelson A Amorin and 5 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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15 authors.

Sofia E LunaInstitute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
William N FeistInstitute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Kaya Ben-EfraimDepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Alex PendergastAflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Freja K EkmanInstitute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Britney Hernandez-NaughtonAflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Megan Merritt-GarzaAflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kathleen RomeroAflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Zak KostamoAflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Nelson A AmorinInstitute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Nicole M JohnstonDepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Hana Y GhanimInstitute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Vivien SheehanAflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Amanda M DudekInstitute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Matthew H PorteusInstitute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Funding

Project 3U54AI170792 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Alexander Marson · 2022 to 2026
$35.7M
Graduate Training in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative MedicineT32GM119995 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WEISSMAN, IRVING L. · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Mechanisms that Enhance and Suppress HIV-1 Resistance in Gene Edited Primary Human CellsR00HL172253 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Amanda M Dudek · 2025 to 2026
$498k
Mechanisms that Enhance and Suppress HIV-1 Resistance in Gene Edited Primary Human CellsK99HL172253 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DUDEK, AMANDA M · 2023 to 2024
$262k
Innate cellular responses against Adeno-associated virus in hematopoietic stem and progentitor cells influence cell survival and repopulation capacityF32HL154667 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DUDEK, AMANDA M · 2020 to 2022
$201k
Engineering hematopoietic stem cells to generate therapeutic antibody secreting B cellsF30HL178496 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SOFIA ELENA LUNA · 2025 to 2026
$98k
NHLBI NIH HHS F30 HL178496NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL154667NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL172253NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL172253NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI170792NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM119995
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Canonical HIV-1 entry into target cells depends on binding to CD4 as a primary receptor. Because of this, use of the CD4 receptor as a viral trap (a decoy receptor used to prevent infection of target cells) is a promising strategy for the treatment of HIV-1. One challenge in using CD4 viral traps is maintaining enough of the decoy receptor in circulation to remain effective. Here, we present a strategy to produce cell-based CD4 viral traps by engineering hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) to express the CD4 receptor in red blood cell (RBC) progeny. This takes advantage of the ability of the HSPC to repopulate the blood system for a lifetime, while leveraging the fact that RBCs greatly outnumber any cell targeted for infection. CRISPR-Cas9-engineered HSPCs efficiently express CD4 on their cell surface after differentiation to the RBC lineage

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CD4CRISPR/Cas9genome-editinghematopoietic stem cellhematopoietic stem cell transplantHIV-1homology directed repairred blood cellviral trap

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PMID42662417
PMCPMC13519646

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